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Sorry to bring up this old chestnut again.
Could the people who appealed to the bwra regarding the new rulings on scratch dogs clarify which rule they appealed against the start date on?
The orginal vote that took place at the agm was that both the 55lb & the greyhound progeny ruling would start from the date of the agm. Then after appeals from members a statement was issued by the bwra which i and many others thought implied that both the 55lb cap & greyhound progeny rule would be given a period of 10 weeks grace from the date of the original agm to allow for any bitches mated before the date of the meeting.
I was in agreement with both the rulings, however it now seems only one of the rulings were given a 10 week period of grace. To me this is wrong.
quoted from the bwra statement
The Committee has also considered appeals of mating bred, but not registered before the proposal came in. It was felt to be unfair to these pups as purchasers had no prior knowledge of the implementation of this New Rule.Therefore the Committee has decided a period of amnesty.
Ten weeks from the 14th December 2008 AGM date. An allowance has been made for those litters born during this period and they will be allowed registration with the BWRA.
All litters born after the 22nd February 2009 deadline. From this date forward the new ruling will apply to all litters not conforming to the New BWRA ruling and will not be allowed to register as a BWRA whippet"
The highlighted section is to me what is the misleading part of the statement and implies the bwra felt it was unfair to eliminate dogs already born. This affects both the breeding & the 55lb cap and nowhere does it say the original start date of the agm for the 55lb would be adhered to.
many scratch racers saw this coming - there's now a newcomer to the sport who bought a dog as a non pedigree whippet from a repeat mating of bigland boy x mismatch mini who has gone over the 55lb weight cap. The revised start date is not only unclear to him but also the majority of our club members who were under the impression that because this dog was already born before that "new" start date and one ruling which would potentially eliminate dogs was given a period of grace that also the 55lb cap ruling was given the same leeway, and the dog would be ok to register.
Could the people who appealed to the bwra regarding the new rulings on scratch dogs clarify which rule they appealed against the start date on?
The orginal vote that took place at the agm was that both the 55lb & the greyhound progeny ruling would start from the date of the agm. Then after appeals from members a statement was issued by the bwra which i and many others thought implied that both the 55lb cap & greyhound progeny rule would be given a period of 10 weeks grace from the date of the original agm to allow for any bitches mated before the date of the meeting.
I was in agreement with both the rulings, however it now seems only one of the rulings were given a 10 week period of grace. To me this is wrong.
quoted from the bwra statement
The Committee has also considered appeals of mating bred, but not registered before the proposal came in. It was felt to be unfair to these pups as purchasers had no prior knowledge of the implementation of this New Rule.Therefore the Committee has decided a period of amnesty.
Ten weeks from the 14th December 2008 AGM date. An allowance has been made for those litters born during this period and they will be allowed registration with the BWRA.
All litters born after the 22nd February 2009 deadline. From this date forward the new ruling will apply to all litters not conforming to the New BWRA ruling and will not be allowed to register as a BWRA whippet"
The highlighted section is to me what is the misleading part of the statement and implies the bwra felt it was unfair to eliminate dogs already born. This affects both the breeding & the 55lb cap and nowhere does it say the original start date of the agm for the 55lb would be adhered to.
many scratch racers saw this coming - there's now a newcomer to the sport who bought a dog as a non pedigree whippet from a repeat mating of bigland boy x mismatch mini who has gone over the 55lb weight cap. The revised start date is not only unclear to him but also the majority of our club members who were under the impression that because this dog was already born before that "new" start date and one ruling which would potentially eliminate dogs was given a period of grace that also the 55lb cap ruling was given the same leeway, and the dog would be ok to register.
